Demon King – Chapter 646 – Early Romance My Ass

For a certain Demon Lord whose body temperature only hovered around twenty degrees, these past two days had been unbearably cold. It was clearly a wonderful weekend, yet she was curled up on her younger sister’s bed right now, wrapped tightly in the blanket with no intention of leaving.

But when the weather got cold, beds tended to grow cats. And sure enough, one big cat and one small cat, plus one fluffy little cutie, three small creatures were all huddled under the blanket for warmth. Incidentally, they also helped raise the temperature inside Eiru’s covers.

“Seriously, what are you smiling about nonstop? Because Stupid Qi is here, so you’re happy?”

Casting a look toward Eiya, who was standing by the door covering her mouth and snickering, Her Majesty the Demon Lord wondered whether the cold had frozen her brain. It should not be that cold. Why was this kid acting so weird?

“Sis, you wouldn’t get it. Who told him to bully me that day?”

Peeking through the crack in the door at what was going on in the living room, Eiya simply could not hold back her grin. Outside, Jiaqi was currently being cornered and questioned by their mother, who was trying to get information.

After learning that Jiaqi was not staying at school this weekend, Liu Wan, eager to gather intel, immediately decided to invite him over as a guest. The relationship between the two families was very close. Jiaqi’s parents naturally had no objections and even hoped he would not just mope around at home.

“It’s cold, which means you should go out and walk around more. Don’t stay cooped up at home. Young people need energy. Don’t curl up in your room like a salted fish.”

After throwing out those lines, Jiaqi was directly kicked out by his beloved parents, leaving him completely speechless.

Something was off. Other people stayed at boarding school for ages and when they finally went home, their parents would fuss over them like they had not seen them in years. How did it turn into these two booting me out within minutes?

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And now both Eiru and Eiya were girls. How were you two so at ease letting me go over to their place as a guest? Shouldn’t parents normally be on guard against early romance issues and keep kids away from opposite-sex peers?

Jiaqi was the type to be straightforward with his parents. If he had questions, he asked them on the spot. The moment he raised this question, his dear father and mother burst out laughing.

“You three grew up together and played together since you were little. Why would I be afraid of you pulling off some stunt? Besides, if you really had that kind of ability, we wouldn’t mind.”

Did the couple not know exactly what their kid was capable of? Simply put, it was not that they did not care about early romance. It was that they fundamentally did not believe Jiaqi could get a girlfriend at all.

Jiaqi treated everyone like brothers and close buddies, including girls. On top of that, he was relatively timid when it came to interacting with girls. The only two girls he could really get along with were the Eiru and Eiya sisters.

His parents were well aware of how he interacted with Eiya. When they were young, he had no sense of restraint and often bullied her until she cried. Now that he had more restraint, he was still dancing on the edge of landmines. Those two ending up together? It would already be impressive if they did not start fighting.

And because the two families had always been close, Jiaqi’s parents actually had a very favorable impression of Eiru and Eiya. You could say they treated them as half their own children.

Leaving Eiru’s special situation aside, if Jiaqi really had the ability to win Eiya over, at least she was someone they knew inside and out. That was far more reassuring than some unfamiliar girl from outside.

“If you really have the ability to get either Eiru or Eiya, your dad and mom will directly prepare a marital home for you. But can you actually pull it off?”

Jiaqi could obviously tell this was half a joke. He also recalled that both sides’ parents had made similar jokes when they were young. Stuff like letting Eiya marry him, almost like a childhood betrothal. The key was that the naive and clueless Eiya back then had even nodded along foolishly.

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“I won’t complain about Little Ya, but Lu Brat used to be a boy. You can accept that too?”

“What’s there that we can’t accept? That kid always looked like a tomboy anyway. Hahaha. Just didn’t expect she really was a girl.”

Jiaqi’s father laughed loudly. When they first learned this news, they had been shocked as well. But they knew the legend of the Daughters of Amber Crystal, so compared to ordinary families, their ability to accept it was much stronger.

“But son, you wouldn’t like Little Lu, would you? I’ll throw your words back at you. She used to be a boy. You can still have ideas about that?”

“No no no, forget it, forget it. I’m not touching either of them. Even rabbits don’t eat grass near their own burrow.”

Feeling the topic getting more and more dangerous, Jiaqi quickly shut it down.

A friend’s wife was not to be coveted. Eiru was already spoken for now. If this went any further, Yuki might come over with a knife the moment he heard. As for Eiya, well, forget it. One problematic girl. Treat her like a little sister was enough.

Then when he arrived at the sisters’ home, the moment Eiya saw him, she covered her mouth with a suppressed smile and ran back into the room. Before he could even understand what was going on, Liu Wan started in with her polite small talk routine.

“You know how hard our mom is to deal with, right? Brother Jiaqi is done for this time.”

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Watching the situation outside the door, Eiya’s carefree attitude made Eiru, who was playing on a handheld console on the bed, really want to complain.

You complain every day about him bullying you, yet you still sweetly call him Brother Jiaqi all the time. I really do not know whether you hate and dislike him, or are just clingy toward him.

“She’s actually pretty nice to other people. Her bad temper and unreasonable side are exclusive to us. Stupid Qi won’t get hurt or anything.”

“But Mom is the type who won’t give up until she reaches her goal, right? So this time, Brother Jiaqi is definitely going to be put through the wringer.”

“So why do you look like you already know what she’s going to ask Stupid Qi? Don’t tell me you pulled some stunt again?”

Eiya’s reaction was way too telling. The little Demon Lord could not help but suspect that this mischievous loli had stirred up trouble again.

“Yeah. I sold him out. So Mom is going to catch him.”

“Holy shit. If you say it like that, then I’m wide awake!”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord immediately sprang up with a carp jump, dropped her game entirely, hopped off the bed, and bounced over to the door to join the peanut gallery.

So you thought Eiru would worry about Eiya setting Jiaqi up? They were prank buddies, the kind who loved seeing each other suffer. Since this was Eiya pulling something, of course she had to jump in on the fun.

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“Hurry up, tell me. How did you screw him over? What is he going to get asked?”

“It’s simple, just… eh?”

Still riding the excitement of spectating, Eiya suddenly realized that this question might not be very appropriate to tell the person beside her.

“Uh… anyway, just treat it as an early romance issue!”

“With you as an example, she’s worried about early romance? Are you kidding me?”

Eiru clearly did not believe that explanation. After all, even with Eiya being treated like a precious treasure, those two at home had never forbidden Jiaqi from interacting with her.

The two families had always been extremely hands-off about the three kids spending time together. You could say they were basically laissez-faire. So why were they suddenly worrying about early romance now?

‘You don’t care when my younger sister, a proper girl, is involved. But when it’s me, a girl who used to be a boy, you suddenly worry that Jiaqi might have ideas about me?’